The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-08
PERSONAL.

J. W. GLADSTONE, now visiting Newport, Is q
nephew of the British statesman.
BISMARCK is said to be ageing fast. His hair
is snow white and his face is marked with deem
wrinkles
MARY ANDERSON denies the rumor that she is
to become subject of Queen Victoria. II
shall always be a Blue Grass country GIRL" she
says.
Mrs. LANGTRy is building a cottage on the
shores of Lake Tahoe, California Tahoe is one
Of the most beautiful sheets OF water in exist
ence. 1t is $500 feet above the level of the sea-
EX-SENATOR TABOR, of Colorado. has taken
12,OO0,OOO out OF mines in the Rocky Noun
tainS. He has natural genius for the bust
ness, and has succeeded where hundreds have
failed.
DIR. JEssUP, of Beirut, writes that "the Sultan
of Turkey has set the seal of imperial approba-
ton upon thirty-two editions Of Arabic Scrip
lures, allowing them to be sold, distributed and
shipped without leave or hindrance."
DR. s. FLEET SPIER says that base ball and
tennis are danger rus games when played to ex
cess SO true is this that the 'base bail pitchers
arm" and the tennis arm" are recognized in
the medical profession as special diseases
MRS. RICHARD WATSON GLIDER. wife of the
editor OF the Century, was said by Lord Cath
ness TO he the most charming woman in New
York She is said to be the author of THE
Breadwinners. " SO long attributed to Col. John
Hay.
ONE of the great characters of London society
is Maria, Dowager Marchioness Of Aylesbury
She is an octogenarian, very eccentric and sar-
castle. but despite great poverty favor t. in
the grandest houses Many of the English
papers do not hesitate to refer to her as "Old
Maria"
Mrs SUSAN NJ EPREs, of, Orlando Fla, died
at Sewanee, Tenn, on the fstinst., after a long
illness. She had gone to that place In the hope
of being benefited by the change Mrs Eppes
was the relict of the late Francis Eppes, Of
Tallahassee, a member OF the old Virginia
family of that name, and grandson of
Thomas Jefferson, by whom he was educated
and reared in the White House in Washington
The deceased lady was 70 years of age.
THE Sultan of Turkey has been having a good
deal OF trouble of late. Not long ago his harem
revolted, and his oriental majesty has been
much annoyed by caricatures which have APP
peared in the comic journals OF Vienna. The
sublime Porte has officially requested the Aus
trian government to interfere in lie lalf of the
Sultan, and the result is that the offending
editors have promised to ridicule no more the
sensitive monarch of the Turkish Empire.
A DARMsrADr CORRESPONDENT writes that
Prince Alexander of Battcnberg, who alternately
resides with his parents in the castle of He'll
genberg and in the old palace Of Darmstadt,
placed at his disposal by the Grad Duke, de
votes a good deal of his time TO the chase in the
company of the latter. He also witnesses for
hours ut time the exercises OF the Hessan
troops and those of the artillery regiments of
Wurtemberg aud Prussia In camp at Griesheim.
He IL on thoroughly cordial footing with the
officers, but absolutely avoids political discus.
sons in his intercourse with them.
GEN. TCHEREAIEFF Katkof's successor on
The Moscow gazette. has been not only a soldier
but also a notary and a newspaper editor. The
Emperor Alexander H. WAS however. so shocked
al this distinguished commanders becoming a
lawyer that he called upon him 10 let the toga,
in new sense, give way to arms, and Gen.
Tchcrnaieff accordingly purchased the Russian
Word 70 support the claims OF the Slnvonc
aIaat Hall
sympathy and assistance Of Russia. Not con.
tent with mere Wrifing. Tchernaien az man Of
action. started q subscription for the insurgents
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, sent military cor
respondents g. the scene of action To help the
Insurgents. not with newspaper articles alone,
but also with money, arms and leadership; and
finally went hlmaclf 10 Servis % take command
OF the Seivian nrDy. strengthened by some
5000 or 1000 Russian volunteers,